Pantaloons-creaser.



No. 817,718. PATENTED APR. 10, 1906. J. KULHAWIK.

PANTALOONS GREASER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21. 1905.

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PANTALOONS-CREASER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed August 21, 1905. Serial No. 275,160.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KULHAWIK, a citizen of the United States,residing I at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pantaloons-Creasers, of which the following is a specifica tion.

My invention relates to improvements in appliances for stretching andcreasing pantaloons-legs, and its objects are, first, to provide acreaser that will act upon the entire length of the leg with uniformpressure; second, to provide a creaser that may be readily adjusted inwidth, but will hold its position without danger of lessening its width,except as desired, and, third, to provide a creaser that may be readilyadjusted to any degree of flare at the lower end of the pantaloons-legs.I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the creaser. Fig. 2is an edge elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a pantaloonsleg as stretched by this device. Fig. 4 is a top plan of the creaser,"and Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the lower ends of the creaser, withthe rods and clamping devices in position, and also with the end of onerod and the clamp detached to more fully illustrate the manner ofapplying the clamps.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the bar, that is designed to form the crease in the backportion of the pantaloonslegs, and B represents the like bar for formingthe crease in the front portion. Both of these bars are thick at theinner edges and taper to a thin edge at the outer edges, the bar A beingbroadened at a to conform to the form of the pantaloons at the hip, andthe bar B has a saw-kerf I) cut in one end to form an adjustable wing B,that may be sprung out, as indicated by its dotted lines, to conform thelower end of the bar to the flare of the pantaloons-leg to be operatedupon. This wing is held-to the desired position by means of the pin 0,which is secured into the wing B, standing at right angles therewith andpassing through the end of the bar B, and a spring friction-clamp (Z,which is so adjusted that the wing may be easily sprung outward withouttouching the clamp, but cannot be forced the other way without firstrelieving the bite of the clamp, which is done by pressing the outer endof the clamp toward the end of the bar B.

The bar A has a rod C secured to and standing at right angles with it ateach end, and the bar B has similar rods secured to it in a similarmanner, as at C, each of these rods being bent at right angles at thefree end and provided with an aperture at c and 0, respectively, thatforms a sliding connection with each of the other rods, so that the barsA and B may be readily adjusted sidewise to fit any size ofpantaloons-leg.

For the purpose of holding the bars A and B firmly to place when movedapart to firmly hold a pantaloons-leg to form I place a springactuatedsheet-metal friction-clamp D in position to be actuated by the springsE, so that the bars may be easily drawn apart without touching theclamps with the hand, but so that the bars cannot be moved toward eachother without pressing the clamps over, as indicated by their dottedlines. The clamp D is provided with a hole d, through which the rodOpasses, and the end d is fitted to engage the notch c in the rod C, sothat the spring E will force the clamp D over, so that the hole (1 willengage the rod C and prevent it from sliding when the bars A and B arepressed toward each other, as when holding a pantaloons-leg to place tocrease, as in Fig. 2.

H represents a pair of ordinary toiletclamps, commonly used uponsuspenders as auxiliary supports for underdrawers, which very convenientand really necessary to clamp upon the waistbands of the pantaloons tohold them to place on the creaser while the lower ends of the legs G arebeing drawn down to place on the creaser.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a creaser for pantaloons, two vertical bars, thick at one edge andvery thin at the other edge, a rod projecting at right angles from eachend of each bar, the outer end of each of said rods bent at right anglesand slidingly engaged with the adjacent rod, and a spring-clampconnected to one rod in each pair and engage the other rod toautomatically lock each pair of said rods.

2. In a pantaloons-creaser, two vertical bars each thick at one edge andvery thin at the other edge, a rod projecting at right angles from eachend of each bar and having the ends bent at right angles and engagingthe adjacent bar slidingly, means for adjust- IIO ing said bars edgewiseand temporarily lock- Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, Auing alas/1nof: place, an aijustable wing QOfigust 16, 1905.

necte Wit one of said ars, a pin at rig t angles from said Wing andpassing through JOHN KULHAWIK' the end of the bar, and means fortempora- In presence of rily locking said Wing to position by coper- A.E. BoRsT,

ating with the pin. ITHIEL J. CILLEY.

